Improvement in clothes-driers



J. F. JAQUES.

' CLOTHES DRIER.

No 183,679 Patented Oct. 24,1876.

/A QM ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JAQUES, OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN W. BARTLETT, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,679, dated October 24, 1876; application filed September 16, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. JAQUES, of Moline, county of Rock Island, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Ulothes-Drier, of which the following is a specification Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan.

Fig. 3 represents the device folded up.

oted to the bars A near their center, and also to the arms of the casting b. The upper ends of the bars B are jointed to the ends of the bars 0, which are pivoted to the arms of the casting a, which is similar to the casting a.

The bars (3 are bored transversely to receive the cord d. The parts of the rack, and the cord are so proportioned that when the bars 0 are horizontal the cord is taut.

When it is desired to fold the rack together the casting c is raised, when the bars arrangthemselves parallel to each other, and the cord becomes slack.

A detachable board or top may be placed on the extended clothes-rack, thus converting the same into a table.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of the bars A, casting at, bars B, casting b, bars 0, casting 0, and the cords d, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN FLETCHER JAQUES.

Witnesses:

ALEXR. F. SWANDER, CHARLES H. WABBIN. 

